The Earth does not want new continents, but new men.
• Part I, ch. XVIII: Vanikoro (Boston: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873, p. 101) (Ch. XIX in the French text)
• Variant: The planet doesn't need new continents, it needs new men.
• Tr. Walter James Miller (1966)
• Part I, ch. XVIII: Vanikoro (Boston: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873, p. 101) (Ch. XIX in the French text)
• Variant: The planet doesn't need new continents, it needs new men.
• Tr. Walter James Miller (1966)
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Ce ne sont pas de nouveaux continents qu'il faut à la terre, mais de nouveaux hommes!
— Jules Verne
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets " Ce ne sont pas de nouveaux continents qu'il faut à la terre, mais de nouveaux hommes!" in the context of "The Earth does not want new continents, but new men.
• Part I, ch. XVIII: Vanikoro (Boston: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873, p. 101) (Ch. XIX in the French text)
• Variant: The planet doesn't need new continents, it needs new men.
• Tr. Walter James Miller (1966)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Jules Verne" (Quotes, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870): Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. French text here. English text here.)
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About Jules Verne
Jules Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French writer best known as a pioneering author in science fiction.
About Jules Verne
Jules Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French writer best known as a pioneering author in science fiction.
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